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Anderson, Benedict. IMAGINED COMMUNITIES.

£10.00

Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. 224pp. Index. Card covers. How post-colonial countries in Africa and Asia created identities. Fine. 1992 Revised edition, Verso.

Aziz, Khursheed Kamal. THE BRITISH IN INDIA.

£21.00

A Study in Imperialism. 365pp. Index. Near-fine in like dw. 1988 First edition, Indian Institute of Applied Poliitical Research, New Delhi.

Ballhatchet, Kenneth. SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN WESTERN INDIA 1817-1830

£31.00

335pp. Index. Portrait of Elphinstone as frontispiece. 1 folding and 1 other map. The integration of the Peshwa's territory into British India. Fine in very good dw. 1957 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Ballhatchet, Kenneth. RACE, SEX AND CLASS UNDER THE RAJ.

£10.00

Imperial Attitudes and Policies and their Critics, 1793-1905. 199pp. Index. 17 b/w illustrations. Ex-public library copy. Very good in very good protected dustwrapper. 1980 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

In 12 volumes. About 300pp each. Tales and stories covering all aspects of life and adventure in the Empire. Many writen by well-known figures under pseudonyms. Most of the volumes are also available individually. Edited by L.A.Bethell who was an officer in the invasion of Tibet. Very good but a composite set with some inscriptions and markings. 5 volumes have rubbed dustwrappers and one has stained boards. Early 1930s, mostly first editions, Edinburgh.

Boycott, A.G. THE ELEMENTS OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

£40.00

a Study of the Geographical Features, Material Resources, Communications and Organization of the British Empire. 434pp. Index. 15 folding maps and 20 appendices. Bookplate of Library of the Royal Artillery Institution. Speckled colour loss to red boards. Otherwise very good. No date (Foreword dated 1936) Gale & Polden, Aldershot.

Brown, Judith M and Louis, Wm Roger (edit). THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

£24.00

The Oxford History of the British Empire, Volume IV. 773pp. Index. 28 essays by leading academic authorities. Fine in fine dw. 1999 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Brown, Judith M and Louis, Wm Roger (edit). THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

£21.00

The Oxford History of the British Empire, Volume IV. 773pp. Index. 28 essays by leading academic authorities. Very good indeed in like dw. 1999 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Canny, Nicholas (edits). THE ORIGINS OF EMPIRE.

£24.00

The Oxford History of the British Empire, Volume I. 533pp. Index. 21 essays by leading academic authorities. Fine in fine dw. 1998 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Canny, Nicholas (edits). THE ORIGINS OF EMPIRE.

£18.00

The Oxford History of the British Empire, Volume I. 533pp. Index. 21 essays by leading academic authorities. Very good indeed in like dw. Owner's name (in red ink). 1998 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Carrington, C.E. THE BRITISH OVERSEAS.

£21.00

Exploits of a Nation of Shopkeepers. 1092pp. Index. 32 plates and 42 maps. Much on India, Burma, Ceylon etc. Very good. Spine rubbed. 1950 First edition, Cambridge University Press.

Chapple, J.A.V. DOCUMENTARY AND IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE 1880-1920.

£10.00

History and Literature. 395pp. Index. Chapters on 'The Imperial Theme' and 'Critics of Imperialism'. Many references to Kipling. Fine in fine dw. 1970 First edition, Blandford Press.

An Introduction. 151pp. Index. Ex-public library copy. Emphasis on economics. Very good in very good dw. 1981 First, Weidenfeld and Nicolson.

Furnivall, J.S. COLONIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE.

£22.00

A Comparitive Study of Burma and Netherlands India. 568pp. Index. Map. Ex-college library with minimal markings. Written at the instigation of the Government of Burma, seeking to learn from Dutch practice in Indonesia. Very good. 1948 First, at the University Press, Cambridge.

Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj. 383pp. A study of the ICS. Fine in fine dw. 2005 Second impression, John Murray.

Gilmour, David. THE RULING CASTE.

£14.00

Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj. 383pp. 26 b/w photographs. A study of the ICS. Fine in fine dw. 2005 First edition, John Murray.

Greenberger, Allen J. THE BRITISH IMAGE OF INDIA.

£13.00

A Study in the Literature of Imperialism. 234pp. Index. Changing attitudes reflected in the fiction of British India. Fine in very good dw. 1969 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Hollander, Barnett. COLONIAL JUSTICE.

£12.00

The Unique Achievement of the Privy Council's Committee of Judges. xx + 115pp. Pinned to the front endpaper is a note from the private secretary of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Kilmuir. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1961 First edition, Bowes and Bowes.

James, Lawrence. RAJ.

£12.00

The Making and Unmaking of British India. 722pp. Index. 8 maps. 59 illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 1998 St Martin's Press, New York.

Jasanoff, Maya. EDGE OF EMPIRE.

£12.00

Conquest and Collecting in the East 1750-1850. 504pp. Index. 49 b/w illustrations. A brilliant analysis of cross-cultural lives in India and Egypt. Much on Lucknow and Seringapatam. Fine in fine dw. 2005 First edition, Knopf, New York.

Jasanoff, Maya. LIBERTY'S EXILES.

£12.00

The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British Empire. 461pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w. 2 maps. Fine in fine dw. 2011 First edition, Harper Press.

560pp. Many b/w illustrations. The first 100 pages cover the independence of India. Related to the Granada television series. Fine in fine dw. 1985 First edition, Granada.

Lapping, Brian. END OF EMPIRE.

£5.00

560pp. Many b/w illustrations. The first 100 pages cover the independence of India. Related to the Granada television series. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1985 First edition, St Martin's Press, New York

Lipton, Michael and Firn, John. THE EROSION OF A RELATIONSHIP.

£13.00

India and Britain since 1960. 427pp. Index. Ex-college library. Published for the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Very good in very good dw. 1975 First edition, Oxford University Press.

The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during the Second World War. 332pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2010 First edition, Basic Books, New York.

Ogilvie, J.N. OUR EMPIRE'S DEBT TO MISSIONS.

£16.00

The Duff Missionary Lecture, 1913. 276pp. Index. Bookplate of the Moravian College Library on front paste-down but no other library markings. Very good indeed. A clean, bright copy. No date (1914) Hodder and Stoughton.

Porter, Andrew (edits). THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

£20.00

The Oxford History of the British Empire, Volume III. 774pp. Index. 30 essays by leading academic authorities. Fine in fine dw. 1999 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Said, Edward W. CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM.

£12.00

444pp. Index. Includes 37pp chapter on 'Kim' and short study of 'A Passage to India'. Fine in fine dw. 1993 First edition, Chatto & Windus..

Simms, Brendan. THREE VICTORIES AND A DEFEAT.

£12.00

The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783. 802pp. Index. 6 maps and 42 illustrations in b/w. Fine in fine dw. 2007 First edition, Allen Lane.

Tinker, Hugh. A NEW SYSTEM OF SLAVERY.

£28.00

The Export of Indian Labour Overseas 1830-1920. 432pp. 18 photographs. A major study with full references, bibliography and index. Fine in chipped dw. 1974 First edition, Oxford University Press.

Tinker, Hugh. SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL.

£10.00

India and the Indians in the British Commonwealth 1920-1950. 460pp. Index. Little-used ex-public library copy. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1976 first edition, Hurst & Co..

Weidenhofer, Maggie. COLONIAL LADIES.

£10.00

120pp. A selection from the letters and diaries of women settlers in Australia Fine in fine dw. 1985 First edition, O'Neill, Australia.

Wurgaft, Lewis D. THE IMPERIAL IMAGINATION.

£16.00

Magic and Myth in Kipling's India. 211pp. Index. About the British view of themselves and their 'mission' in India. Moves between history and literature with extensive reference to Maud Diver and Flora Annie Steele as well as Kipling. Fine in fine dw. 1983 First edition, Weslyan University Press, Connecticut.

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